Horizon Fever 1 (eBook)

Explorer A E Filby's own account of his extraordinary expedition through Africa, 1931-1935

Archibald Edmund Filby (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
228 Seiten
Ant Press (Verlag)
978-1-922476-45-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Not only was A E Filby a famous British explorer, but he was also my Uncle Archie. He died before I was born, but his unpublished manuscript, 'Horizon Fever', and many scrapbooks, survived. Proclaimed "e;the World's most travelled motorist"e;, A E Filby undertook some breathtaking expeditions, including his 37,000-mile journey from London to Cape Town and back in a series of dilapidated motorcars.Horizon Fever is an honest, colourful, often shocking account; a snapshot of bygone days and attitudes. It tells of missionaries, pygmies, big-game hunting, gold mining, crossing the Sahara and swimming in the Nile with crocodiles. One of Archie's companions was a monkey called Congo. Another was a dog that adopted him, until it was killed and dragged up a tree by a leopard. Archie himself comes across as a courageous, feisty, quick-tempered, bossy little man, but full of fun, generous and never one to bear a grudge.Thanks to Archie's records and photographs, we have a unique glimpse of an astonishing feat of endurance, nearly 100 years after it was completed. --Victoria Twead

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.7.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Horizon Fever
• Mitarbeit: Zusammenstellung: Victoria Twead
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Schlagworte: 1930s • expeditions • Explorer • exploring africa • Model T Ford • roadtrip through africa
• ISBN-10: 1-922476-45-5 / 1922476455
• ISBN-13: 978-1-922476-45-6 / 9781922476456